Vatican
pronunciation
How to pronounce Vatican in British English:
UK [ˈvætɪkən]
How to pronounce Vatican in American English:
US [ˈvætɪkən]
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- Noun:
- the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City
Word Origin
- Vatican
- 1550s, from Latin mons Vaticanus, Roman hill on which Papal palace stands. Said to be an Etruscan loan-word, not related to vates "sooth-sayer."
Example
- 1. In addition , the vatican also announced an iphone application .
- 2. The vatican had no response .
- 3. The vatican will be interested .
- 4. Now byu scholars are working to record and study the vatican library .
- 5. This is pure protestantism and fundamentally unacceptable to the vatican .